Sentences with phrase «against the bigger sides in»

History has seen us bottle it against big sides in the last 10 years and we're likely to do it again.
It remains to be seen whether his upturn in commitment is due to the January transfer window or more simply that he is keen to prove his worth to Arsenal, but I believe his performance yesterday was amongst his best against the bigger sides in the division.
As the quality level of the opposition goes up in the latter stages of the Champions League and when the pressure is on against the big sides in England in the title race, an issue like that can emerge as a real problem at key moments.
How Wanderers drew against the biggest side in Germany with Gerald Cid at centre back and Gavin McCann filling it at right back, i'll never know.

Not exact matches

«Requiring the banks to pay treble damages to every plaintiff who ended up on the wrong side of an independent Libor ‐ denominated derivative swap would, if appellants» allegations were proved at trial, not only bankrupt 16 of the world's most important financial institutions, but also vastly extend the potential scope of antitrust liability in myriad markets where derivative instruments have proliferated,» the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York said in the ruling.A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived private antitrust litigation accusing major banks of conspiring to manipulate the Libor benchmark interest rate, in a big setback for their defense against investors» claims of market - rigging.
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Man United's danger - man Romelu Lukaku will take most of the plaudits today, as the Belgian did well against a big West Brom defence as his side won their sixth games in their last seven.
Arsenal could do with the goal threat of Lacazette in such a big game against a defensively solid Spurs side riding high in the Premier League.
After Arsenal's recent frustration and lack of success in front of goal, a fast start was always going to be a big help against a well organised and defensively strong side and we could hardly have asked for more.
Arsene playing a balanced team will give you positive results, especially playing against a big team, over the past years we have continued to use players not suited for certain positions, we actually had a player who used left foot on the left side of the field who got in attacking position, Kolasinac to me was the most important player going forward and defending.
Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, spoke of his side's disadvantage of playing at home first — therefore the north London outfit will be looking to take a big lead against the Russian side — as the Gunners» record away in eastern Europe is patchy to say the least.
I would prefer wenger say right I'm giving cech the biggest games, cup finals, EPL games against the top half of the league and games in the champions league against the best 2 sides.
A 4 - 1 win against the side that have proved to be Bayern Munich's biggest challengers in the German top flight this season meant that the game in the Stadio San Paolo was going to be nothing more than a procession, unless Dieter Hecking's side could make a fast start.
Daily Fantasy Football game Oulala.com have taken a look at Arsenal's record against the other «big six» Premier League teams when Ozil has featured in the side since he joined in 2013, as well as his individual contribution too.
You as a visitor know it is going to be a tough task to play against technical Arsenal sides and it was always a big test for us but we seemed to have success in recent years.
Results against big sides is very minor factor in the overall course of a season.
Also Arsenal cup results against full strength big sides is totally ignored in most those stats because it makes Arsenal look a lot lot better.
The 19 - year - old made his Premier League debut against Arsenal at the Emirates on Sunday afternoon, and even though Jose Mourinho's side fell to defeat, the youngster made a big impression and will be hopeful that it's just the first of many appearances in the league for the Red Devils.
Arsenal have to secure the attack and get Alexis ready for the match against Barca and the remaining fixtures against top premier league sides.The team has to win against Barca and then beat them at Nou - Camp causes it really is irritating to see Wenger playing bad players in the big matches in the past, Arsenal have allowed themselves to be weak where Wenger is after the league means these Southhampton, Stoke, Chelsea get the luck against this side.
Worryingly for Klopp, who had once boasted an impressive record against Liverpool's fellow «big six» rivals, his side have just been hammered in their most recent meetings with Manchester City and Spurs, shipping nine goals across both games.
Messi was anonymous over two legs against a defensive Chelsea side in the Champions League semi-final and the Blues were rightly praised for stifling Barca's biggest threat.
With games coming up against an in form Stoke team, a dangerous Everton side and a wounded Manchester City, big tests are on the horizon over Christmas for Arsene Wenger's men.
Biggest reason why wenger must go is not because he has not won any title but because of the failure to put in fight / performances against strong / physical sides leaving apart the technically superior sides like barcelona.
Your squad above to me as well is the best though I would give Chamberlain a rest bringing him and Rosicky on late; but start Akpom (I think Welbeck will likely be playing against his old squad though... expect big things either way) instead... he will, in my mind with Sanchez on the other side coming in attracting a lot of attention will give Chuba all the space he needs.
A moment that will live forever in the memories of all football fans — then Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo and his side were the undoubted underdogs of the final against Bayern Munich — but they should never have been underestimated with the man for the big stage in the team.
Really hard fought game and showed grit and determination to dig in against a side bigger and much more physical than ourselves.
This week, Woods is in the Friday afternoon side of the draw so Big Cat and the PGA Tour will be directly up against four NCAA tournament games.
With Mertesacker in the side, the team will have to be very cautious to play a high defensive line because as we saw against Chelsea, one precise through ball can take the big German out of the game.
Best formation i ve ever seen, actually with Flamini in our team, our chances are bigger by 50 %, he scored against strongest defence in europe against Spuds, he will score against poor side like Bayern, ALL HAIL FLAMINI
Laudrup's side have begun the season in impressive fashion, thumping QPR, the summer's most active recruiters in the transfer market, 5 - 0 in the opening game and they followed up that result with another big win, 3 - 0, against West Ham before the 2 - 2 draw with Sunderland.
everyone seems to be in a rush to do interviews especially after the Man u game... its a big big win for us seeing as we have not had one over them in 4 years but in the name of all that is good this is AFC we are talking about and no matter how crucial a win is against one of our biggest rival we should just move on and focus on the next game and stop behaving and acting like a newly promoted side that caused a big upset by beating one of the favorites for the title... at the end of the day its a very important win but its still 3 points....
However, with respect to the game against Southampton in midweek, perhaps the biggest injury boost that has been handed to Arsene Wenger's side is that Morgan Schneiderlin, unarguably the Saints» best player so far this season, is out for the big game as a result of an abductor injury the French international had picked up during the 3 - 0 defeat to Manchester City at St. Mary's.
But according to our other big German star, Shkodran Mustafi, there is no reason why we should be overawed at facing the Bundesliga giants — as we are used to playing against massive sides in the Premier League on a regular basis.
While Mourinho struggles in the big games, managing just one goal in his last ten away games against fellow top six sides, Manchester City have already beaten Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal this season by a 9 - 1 aggregate scoreline.
In the American League the New York Yankees, with big bats, established glory and professional experience on their side, are battling for their 25th pennant against the Baltimore Orioles, representing youth and desire.
In general this season we have performed better against the bigger sides and we have already beat City at home.
Lovren then missed his side's big game against Leicester City because of a black eye picked up in training.
this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all
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Against West Brom on Sunday, Wenger overtook Sir Alex Ferguson's record by taking charge of his 811th Premier League game.The Frenchman saw his side slip to their biggest ever defeat to us at Stamford Bridge in 2014, as we ran out 6 - 0 winners that day.
The Gunners would have had reservations about the fixture upon announcement of Mike Dean officiating the North London Derby, having seen Dean appearing to celebrate a Tottenham goal against our side previously, and decisions have gone against us in a number of big games in recent years.
The Belgian has just 15 goals in 59 games against the «big six» — and while that dates back to challenging games playing for Everton sides who won't have won many of those fixtures, he was also worryingly invisible for United at Stamford Bridge today.
Our side will be keen for a big performance against the Reds, having already been embarrassed by the Anfield club in August when they gave us a 4 - 0 thrashing on Merseyside, and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain will hopefully be on the end of both defeats having played at wing - back for us in the reverse fixture shortly before moving to our rivals.
Still, Mourinho's men are up against some big teams in the final few games of the season, Arsenal included, so is Wenger right to say there might still be a chance for his side to cause a major upset?
As reported by The Guardian, the veteran tactician made his comments after Arsenal's 3 - 1 defeat to City at the start of the month, as he was left frustrated and angry with two big calls in the game that went against his side.
However, as last season painfully taught the Frenchman, possession is not nine tenths of football as it is the law and those heavy and damaging away drubbings at the hands of Liverpool, Man City, Everton and our opponents this weekend Chelsea have forced the manager to re-evaluate his tactics against the bigger sides and boy has it paid off, as Wenger explained in a report on the Arsenal website.
Let's hope we can improve and play a little more confidently in next weeks game against Brendan Rodger's big - spending Liverpool side....
What is for certain though is that Lukaku will be keen to put Saturday's game behind him as having failed to have a positive influence in another big game, he was unable to silence his critics who continue to point to his poor record against the top six sides in recent years where he has struggled to make a big impact.
In other side, I thought Arsene should pulled off Theo over Giroud, because Theo's pace won't work against well sitting Chelsea and we were going to have big numbers of corner kick specially at second half.
Admini, a situation may arise where the Bavarian club side may have to fight a big battle at home against Olympiakos and at away to Zagreb to remain in the competition after losing at home to Arsenal on Wesday which of course they would.
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